Package: screen Version: 4.1.0~20120320gitdb59704-3 Severity: serious See below install log in a pbuilder sid chroot. At the very least, $2 is used unquoted in debconf script.
# aptitude install screen The following NEW packages will be installed: screen 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 23 not upgraded. Need to get 670 kB of archives. After unpacking 984 kB will be used. Get: 1 ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ sid/main screen amd64 4.1.0~20120320gitdb59704-3 [670 kB] Fetched 670 kB in 1s (522 kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... dpkg: error: --compare-versions takes three arguments: <version> <relation> <version> Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*]; Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management; Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values; Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options; Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files; Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through `less' or `more' ! Selecting previously unselected package screen. (Reading database ... 22422 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking screen (from .../screen_4.1.0~20120320gitdb59704-3_amd64.deb) ... dpkg: error: --compare-versions takes three arguments: <version> <relation> <version> Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*]; Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management; Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values; Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options; Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files; Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through `less' or `more' ! Processing triggers for install-info ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Setting up screen (4.1.0~20120320gitdb59704-3) ... dpkg: error: --compare-versions takes three arguments: <version> <relation> <version> Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*]; Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management; Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values; Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options; Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files; Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through `less' or `more' ! root@home:/tmp/buildd# -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (101, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: armel Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages screen depends on: ii dpkg 1.16.3 ii install-info 4.13a.dfsg.1-10 ii libc6 2.13-33 ii libncursesw5 5.9-8 ii libpam0g 1.1.3-7.1 screen recommends no packages. screen suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org